TABLE V.
Average KVFD Model Parameter Values (α, E0, and τ′) Obtained from in Vivo Measurements in the Lesion and Background of 2 Benign (1–2) and 3 Malignant (3–5) Breast Tumors from Breast Cancer Patients.
| Case # | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | |
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| Diagnosis | Fibrocystic change | Fibroadenoma | IDC + DCIS | IDC | ILC | |
| α | Lesion | 0.81 ± 0.03 | 0.95 ± 0.07 | 0.89 ± 0.03 | 0.78 ± 0.02 | 0.99 ± 0.03 |
| Background | 0.73 ± 0.09 | 0.86 ± 0.04 | 0.91 ± 0.05 | 0.79 ± 0.02 | 0.820 ± 0.005 | |
| E 1 | Lesion | 88 ± 6 | 140 ± 5 | 78 ± 6 | 51 ± 4 | 90 ± 8 |
| (Pa) | Background | 45 ± 5 | 50 ± 2 | 106 ± 4 | 49 ± 6 | 28.1 ± 0.6 |
| τ′ | Lesion | 1.6 ± 0.3 | 1.5 ± 0.2 | 2.6 ± 0.4 | 1.8 ± 0.2 | 2.23 ± 0.05 |
| (s) | Background | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 0.7 ± 0.2 | 1.4 ± 0.04 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 0.87 ± 0.02 |
| Acquisition time (s) | 6.5 | 10.2 | 7.0 | 9.7 | 8.2 | |